Question by Dani: What is an intensive outpatient program?
Im thirteen and When I told my school guidance counselor I cut she made me go to get a psych evaluation and the person from the evaluation wants me to go into one a few towns away but it’s the closest one to where I live. Btw it’s for like three hours a night five nights a week (grrrrrrrr -.-) and don’t tell me like not o freak me out, I need to know like what it is in general.

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Answer by Allison
Pretty much a therapist . I told my therapist that I cut and she sent me to a mental hospital.

Answer by D
Well consider this: the alternative is INPATIENT treatment, where you are hospitalized. Instead, this will likely be groups and classes to help you understand yourself and meet others with similar issues. Outpatient therapy is really not a bad thing.

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